Improvement in envelopes



'M. J; TAYLOR.

Envelope.

Patented April 30,1878.

'No. 203,09I.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

MARY J. TAYLOR, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN ENVELOPES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,091, dated April30, 1878; application filed 7 March 2, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, MARY J. TAYLOR, of Brooklyn, Kings county, NewYork, have invented certain Improvements in Envelopes, of which thefollowing is a specification:

This invention relates to envelopes which have printed or otherwisemarked on their faces inscriptions which signify the amount or characterof the proposed contents, and especially to change-envelopes, so called,to be used on street-cars, -the object being to facilitate the operationof filling and scaling up the envelope, and at the same time to insurethe proper amount marked on its face being put in.

The invention consists, essentially, of a change-envelope forstreet-cars made from tough uncolored or light-colored paper, having aninscription printed on its face to signify the character and amount ofthe proposed contents, as twenty-five cents, for instance, and anarbitrary mark or marks printed in black or colors across the fold oredge and the back flap, to enable any one acquainted with thesignificance of the said mark or marks to know, by seeing only the backflap or the edge of the package, to what denomination the envelopebelongs, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows an envelope-blank embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 shows the back of the envelope after the blank hasbeen folded. Fig. 3 shows the edges of three packages of envelopesembodying my invention; and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 show modified forms ofFig. 1.

Let A represent the face of an envelope made from some tough uncoloredor lightcolored paper, as manila, and adapted to contain change forstreet-car purposes, and B B the flaps of the same, the dotted linesindicating the folds at the edges of the envelope. On the face of theenvelope is printed or otherwise marked the letters or figures whichsignify the proposed contents, as fifty cents,

filler must turn every envelope and examine the face before he can besure of the amount that ought to go into it. To avoid this I print orotherwise mark the envelopes in various ways, one of which is to printacross the opposite flaps and folds, and the face also, if desired, aband of color, as represented by the tint O in Fig. 1. The color of thisband or stripe will indicate to the filler the sum to be placed in eachenvelope, as, for instance, blue for twenty-five cents, red for fiftycents, and so on, or any combination of color and amount that may suitthe fancy and be arbitrarily fixed upon.

Instead of printed stripes, strips of colored paper may be pasted on; oran arrangement of stripes of one color, as in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6, maybe used. 7

Many variations would no doubt occur to the maker or user suggested bytaste or fancy; but the essential feature is that the mark shall beclearly significant of the proposed contents, as designated by thefigures or matter on the face, and shall appear on the flap and foldededge. The mark might appear on the end flap and edge; but, forconvenience, I prefer to mark the side flap and edge, and I prefer tomark both flaps and both edges.

I am aware that it is old to indicate the amount of money in a packageof the same by the color of the band around it; but the use of coloredpaper for street-car change-envelopes is very objectionable, for thereason that the inscriptions printed thereon are not sufficientlylegible, and the envelopes must'be furnished so cheaply and of suchtough paper that colored paper of good quality is too expensive.

I claim- As an improved article of manufacture, a change-envelope forstreet-cars, made from suitable tough uncolored or light-colored paper,having an inscription printed on its face to signify its denomination orproposed contents, and an arbitrary mark or marks printed in black orcolors across the fold or edge and on the back flap, significant also Ofthe proposed contents and of the inscription on the face, substantiallyas set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing WVitnesses:

GEORGE E. TAYLOR, EDWARD WM. TAYLOR.

